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It's too bad...just another bad sign of a very, very bad trend.

Haha oh yeah that was rough. Darren Sharper's rookie year with the Packers. Just labeled poor Lonnie. Sorry I do not have a link to it.....only a vivid memory of pain.

Here you go Bucky. Courtesy of rotoworld: http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpag...NFL&id=3733

Wow, Whitlock is reaching here. Never call a guy a choker that has won a Super Bowl and has 3 MVPs. What a dumb, prisoner-of-the-moment sound bite from Whitlock. If 310 yards, 1 TD and 0 Int. is "choking" put him in a Bills jersey right now.

I agree. Houston is loaded at receiver. They'll do everything they can to keep them together. Might be worth fighting for though. He could be the best TE in the league in a couple years.

Peters. When he wants to be.

I love Daniels. He was just dominant for the Texans this year. Not sure if he's worth as much as this article says. http://buf.scout.com/2/828147.html But I think he is exactly what Edwards needs. If Buffalo wants to get this O rollin' he sure sounds like the right guy.

HA! Wow....talk about reaching for positives

Nah. Sullivan is great. He's creative, witty and always backs up his opinions. I love reading every single piece he writes.

Yeah, I like it. Anything that can simulate the real deal has to be a good thing. As long as a 3rd string linebacker doesn't go after Chris Johnson's knees.

Actually Matt Millen sounds really, really good right now. At least Edwards would have a receiver to throw to.

Yeah that's true. Always good to hear some opinion on what happens. I go to that site to check out stuff after the fact like that. Where did this kid write before Lori?

Another piece here. Man, just unbelievable how ole Ralph is doing. Are we a real team? http://buf.scout.com/2/826486.html

Definitely. I like 'Zona a lot. If Warner has time, he can pick apart any defense. (OK, call me a prisoner of the moment.)

At least Ralph knows the team sucks. Hopefully we see some wholesale changes and they dupe us into buying into yet another marketing ploy.... Interesting thing here. Houshy makes sense I think--- http://buf.scout.com/2/821065.html

Gotta go with Bledsoe. Yeah, I bought all that hype. Guilty as charged Worst non-Bills? Eric Montross!

Yeah, Losman's just going to majestically fade off into the sunset like David Carr, Joey Harrington, Byron Leftwich, blah, blah, blah.....Any team that gives him a No. 2 job would be nuts.

I think SCOOBY is right though. We've all come to realize just how unnatural Losman is out on the field. His improvisation is always helter-skelter, panic out of the pocket and never pre-snap recognition. His adjustment skills have to be worse than Rob Johnson. Losman doesn't react to the defense. He locks in on receivers, blah, blah, blah. Please just cut this guy. He has to go. As for Schonert....that's a whole other concern....

...but this Toronto thing is just killing me. The team has been 100 percent every step of the way. I'm glad no one showed up to support that crap Sunday. Hopefully it sends a message. Here's one take I saw on it: http://buf.scout.com/2/819520.html

I agree, but when it comes down to it the Bills and the NFL are taking one of the greatest rivalries in sports to a neutral venue. That just shouldn't happen. Just take a completely different game. But not the Fins.

Matt Cassell isn't Tom Brady, but considering our injuries on defense, Welker scares the bejesus out of me. There aren't many guys like him in the game. Who does Buffalo have that can match up on him in the slot? Here's what I'm talking about.... http://buf.scout.com/2/809053.html And this....(the guy is setting a precedent in the NFL) http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?id=3654424 Any thoughts?

No problem. It's definitely going to be interesting at camp...who's gonna step up? Bankin' on Williams next to Stroud here

It's a pay article, but here's the pasted piece.... Dedicated: Bills aggressively improved D-Line By Tyler Dunne BFR Publisher Posted Jul 9, 2008 The Bills' run defense has been one of the NFL's worst over the past three years. Look for that to change this season thanks to a wise front office that has invested heavily in the defensive front. BFR's Tyler Dunne explains... It took three years. But finally the Buffalo Bills have turned the corner. Since losing the back end of its sumo-sized DT pairing of Ted Washington and Pat Williams – and their combined 680 pounds – the Bills run defense has been a sieve. Washington, Williams and Sam Adams made running backs claustrophobic on a week-to-week basis – consistently giving an inept Drew Bledsoe a chance. But since Williams departed in 2004, Buffalo’s defensive front has never been the same, getting manhandled by opposing offenses. The Bills have rarely been able to set the tempo in any games the past three seasons. In Williams’ final two seasons with Buffalo, 2003 and 2004, the run defense ranked eighth and seventh. The last three years? 31st. 28th. 25th. In 2008, this trend may be reversed. The Bills’ front office committed itself to infusing bonafide talent at defensive tackle with heavy investments. Kyle Williams’ three-year, $14.5 million contract extension last week was the latest chapter in an offseason’s worth of splashes up front. Buffalo traded for Marcus Stroud, who is in the fourth year of his five-year, $31.5 million contract. They signed Pat Williams’ backup in Minnesota – Spencer Johnson – to a five-year, $17.5 million deal and the Bills are still are holding out hope for ’06 first-rounder John McCargo, who is in the third year of his five-year, $8.6 million contract. Collectively, it’s adding up to one massive risk. Buffalo could have pursued over endeavors this past spring. The Bills had the cap space to cherry pick in free agency and buy any toy they wanted. Tight end Alge Crumpler would have instant aging for first-year starter Trent Edwards. Linebacker Lance Briggs could have made Buffalo’s good linebacker corps great. Bernard Berrian may have been the antibiotic Lee Evans needs to take flight as a top 5 receiver in the NFL and make Turk Schonert’s downfield aspirations realistic. Bank on the decision paying off. When healthy, Stroud is quite possibly the most dominant run-stuffing force in the NFL. At 6-foot-6, Stroud smears the passing window for quarterbacks with windshield-wiper arms, and he has the quickness to penetrate into the backfield. The dogfight next to him should produce a formidable running mate for Stroud. Williams has done the grunt work on Buffalo’s defense the past two seasons at the nose tackle spot. While swallowing double-teams and charging fullbacks, Williams still made 94 tackles over the past two seasons. No easy feat. He may be a sixth-round steal simply waiting to blossom. In a typical 4-3 alignment in one-on-one situations, Williams could be a 70-tackle force. Having Stroud next to him will surely open up clearer lanes. The 6-foot-1, 305-pound Williams will feel like a blind man that can see once again. Opportunities that never existed. Big plays that were formerly impossible to unravel. A whole new world. Just ask John Henderson. In Jacksonville, Stroud and Henderson thrived off each other’s ability to attract multiple blockers. At the duo’s peak in ’03, the Jaguars run defense ranked second in the NFL. That being said, McCargo and Johnson won’t roll over. The former was probably taken too high. The latter was probably paid too much. But both have a mysterious aura about them. Injuries have thrown a kink into McCargo’s development, but in his second season he did flash moments of brilliance i.e. 1.5 sacks on the elusive Donovan McNabb in Week 17. McCargo is the quickest of the DT bunch, which could be the yin to Stroud’s yang. Johnson is an unknown. With the Vikings, his fresh legs gave an already stacked defensive front another weapon. Unless he takes training camp by storm, Johnson will probably play the super-sub role with the Bills too. The eye-sore replays of Larry Tripplett getting mauled and safeties making tackles 15 yards downfield should be drastically minimized in ’08. Enough’s enough. That was the attitude in the front office. The Bills aggressively acquired two tackles and rewarded another with a hefty extension – action that should have been in motion earlier in the post-Washington/Williams/Adams era. Maybe the Jason Peters situation is getting ugly behind closed doors and maybe the Lee Evans extension is dragging on much longer than expected, but the Bills effectively addressed their No. 1 offseason priority. A healthy rotation of Stroud, Williams, McCargo and Johnson will kick-start a promising defense into motion. thdunne@gmail.com

It's a pay-to-see article on scout, but hits on what we need. We definitely need a receiver and corner early, but a speed rusher would really amp up the D. Schobel and Kelsay couldn't get to anyone last yr...this kid from georgia in the article sounds good. http://buf.scout.com/2/741472.html

Wow that is low....Probably an up-tight Canadian that wants the team in Toronto. Unbelievable.